Is the defense legit? I guess we will find out on our own McCord: Official 2023 of THE Ohio State Buckeyes Thread

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Hancock will be an all american this year. Book it.

On the Lattimore path. Top 50ish croot. Hamstring injuries slowed down early on field snaps. Then take off first year starting.

 

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And good to see Sonny already taking first team snaps. Shouldn’t come off the field most plays moving forward. Would like to see Hicks get the Jack snaps. Has the physical makeup and same recruiting pedigree as Micah Parsons. And Parsons plays similar role with Dallas. Put the elite athlete out there and play.

 

[smitty22]

And good to see Sonny already taking first team snaps. Shouldn’t come off the field most plays moving forward. Would like to see Hicks get the Jack snaps. Has the physical makeup and same recruiting pedigree as Micah Parsons. And Parsons plays similar role with Dallas. Put the elite athlete out there and play.

Yeah CJ too talented not to be on the field. Crazy our 2 lbs came back from last year and slowing him ip from playing. Not sure how much we’ll see this year of the Jack position.

 

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Yeah CJ too talented not to be on the field. Crazy our 2 lbs came back from last year and slowing him ip from playing. Not sure how much we’ll see this year of the Jack position.

Don’t mind Tommy getting the Mike snaps with him being a second team All-American. Plus sounds like Simon will play Mike behind him. Steele is good, but CJ has next level ability. Unless he’s just missing reads and holes all the time leading to big plays, gotta put him out there.

The way Knowles is talking about the Jack sounds like Mitchell Melton been pegged there since last year. But that Jack responsibility of rushing the passer or dropping back into coverage is just perfect for an athlete like CJ. We have more depth than LSU, but you can’t tell me we can’t have CJ out there like Harold Perkins.

 

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shyt

 

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shyt

What happened

 

[MustafaSTL]

What happened

No word yet.

 

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No word yet.

Damn man

 

[smitty22]

Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith Announces He Will Retire on June 30, 2024

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith announced Wednesday that he will retire from his position on June 30, 2024.

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Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith Announces He Will Retire on June 30, 2024

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith announced Wednesday that he will retire from his position on June 30, 2024.

www.elevenwarriors.com

Big shoes to fill for the next hire. We still haven’t hired the new president for the school.

 

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Martin Jarmond - The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics - Staff Directory - UCLA

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Welcome back to OSU, Martin.

 

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Some tidbits from Gleitman:

Spoke to one of my top team sources about the class of 2023/freshmen early on in camp and he had two standouts:

Offense: Carnell Tate

Defense: Malik Hartford

 

[smitty22]

Some tidbits from Gleitman:

We good forever at wide receiver as long as Hartline here.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Welp, there you have it. I think this could be the Dawand Jones situation from 2021. He played his way into being the starting RT, moving Petit-Frere to LT and kicked Munford to guard. If this is Simmons playing his way into being the LT and Fryar moving to his better position at RT, I like the look of that.

 

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More from Gleitman:

Spoke to a solid team source who gave me a few thoughts on some players looking good. Not all of this is directly tied to Saturday’s scrimmage, but that was taken into account:

• TreVeyon Henderson is having an “outstanding” camp. I know I previously reported good things about 32 but sure looks like it’s all coming together as expected and a big year is ahead
• The offensive line battles are coming to an end. Josh Simmons has really been a much-welcomed and pleasant surprise as far as how good he’s been. There was confidence that Fryar could be a serviceable LT but the thought was always that he could be a better RT. Simmons emerging and ultimately seizing the LT position thus far has the staff feeling much better about the OL versus entering camp two weeks ago.
• The battle for number two tight end is still ongoing. Cade Stover is obviously cemented as TE1, but right now nobody is standing out behind him. You know how much Ryan Day likes to play 12 personnel and utilize tight ends to help with the run game, etc. so this is a position that will be watched closely the next couple of weeks.
• Mike Hall apparently scrimmaged on Saturday after getting a little banged up on Friday. I’m told he’s been really good and “virtually unblockable” as one source put it.
• I was told McCord had started to separate a bit towards the end of the week but I am told Brown had a very good day Saturday and as of last night the staff still wasn’t ready to make a call on the QB battle. I asked if it was a bad sign that McCord hasn’t been able to seize the job yet and was told “absolutely not. Kyle has been really good but Devin has been great too. I think it’s more a testament to how much Devin has come along more than Kyle not getting the job done. We feel we have two guys who are more than capable high level starters at Ohio State, we just need to make sure we’re making the right decision.”